Fily dabo sissoko biography of abraham
Fily dabo sissoko biography of abraham
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Fily Dabo Sissoko
Malian author and political leader
Fily Dabo Sissoko was a Malian writer and political leader, born 15 May 1900 at Horokoto (French Soudan, now in Mali's Bafoulabé Cercle).
He died 30 June 1964, imprisoned at Kidal.[1] Fily Dabo Sissoko is chiefly remembered as one of the most influential political leaders of pre-independence Mali, primary conservative rival to Mali's first President Modibo Keita, and an influential writer of the Negritude movement.[2]
Early life
Sissoko was of Khassonké ethnicity and he was the son of a local traditional ruler,[3] Dabo Sissoko received his primary education at nearby Bafoulabé, before winning a place at the elite École normale supérieure William Ponty in Gorée (Senegal).
He was a teacher at the Bafoulabé Regional school until he succeeded his father and became "chef de canton" of Niambia in 1933. Sissoko took part in French politics, supporting the Front populaire government on the 1930s a